Affiliate Modules:

• AdSearch
• AffiliateReport
• AffiliateReportRss
• AssociationFeed
• CustomLink
• DotdFeed
• ProductContent
• ProductPriceCheck
• ProductSearch
• ProductTaxonomy
• SubscriptionFeed
• TransactionInquiry
• TransactionInquiryFeed
• WebsiteFeed

• ConfigureDatafeed

• AffiliateEventFeed
• AffiliateQuickStatsBar
• RssProductFeed

Merchant Modules:

• MerchantAd
• MerchantCreateAffiliate
• MerchantTransactionAdjustment
• MerchantTriggerDatafeedUpdate
• MerchantTriggerDotdUpdate

• MerchantAssociationFeed
• MerchantReport
• MerchantReportRss

• MerchantEventFeed
• MerchantQuickStatsBar

Merchant Parent Modules:

• MerchantParentReport
• MerchantParentReportRss

• MerchantParentEventFeed
• MerchantParentQuickStatsBar

Avantlink API Module: MerchantReport

Access:

Merchant authentication required, secure connections (https://) only.
Frequency limitation(s): 1000 request(s) per day.

Description:

This module provides direct access to the same reporting functionality that is provided by logging into your Merchant account at classic.avantlink.com. In addition to your merchant authentication information, you must provide a value for the "report_id" parameter, from the following list:

• 1 - Performance Summary
• 24 - Performance Summary By Ad Campaign
• 9 - Performance Summary By Ad Tool
• 15 - Performance Summary By Affiliate
• 25 - Performance Summary by Affiliate Tag Group
• 20 - Performance Summary By Affiliate Website
• 22 - Performance Summary By Custom Tracking Code
• 12 - Performance Summary By Day
• 29 - Performance Summary By Hour
• 48 - Performance Summary By Month
• 77 - Performance Summary By Paid Placement
• 31 - Performance Summary By Product Ad Tools
• 96 - Performance Summary By Sub Affiliate Partners
• 50 - Performance Summary By Week
• 63 - Calendar Period Trending
• 65 - Calendar Period Trending By Affiliate
• 66 - Calendar Period Trending By Affiliate Website
• 67 - Rolling Period Trending
• 69 - Rolling Period Trending By Affiliate
• 70 - Rolling Period Trending By Affiliate Website
• 85 - Affiliate Application Approvals
• 2 - Ad Impressions (Summary)
• 3 - Ad Impressions (Detail)
• 5 - Click Throughs (Summary)
• 6 - Click Throughs (Detail)
• 79 - Referral Domain By Affiliate
• 72 - Last Click Through to Sale Summary
• 83 - First Click Through to Sale Summary
• 8 - Sales/Commissions (Detail)
• 19 - Sale Hit Tracking Trails
• 16 - Datafeed Download Summary
• 23 - Invalid Affiliate Links

Supported Output Formats:

• csv
• html
• tab
• xml

Parameters:

• auth_key
  • Type: string
  • Required: true
  • Description: The AvantLink assigned authentication key for a particular affiliate or merchant. This is a randomly generated, 32-character, mixed alphanumeric string.
• merchant_id
  • Type: integer
  • Required: true
  • Description: An AvantLink assigned merchant identifier.
• module
  • Type: string
  • Required: true
  • Description: For this module, specify "MerchantReport".
• report_id
  • Type: integer
  • Required: true
  • Description: The numeric identifier of an AvantLink report.
• affiliate_group_id
  • Type: integer
  • Required: false
  • Description: The numeric identifier of a custom affiliate grouping.
• affiliate_id
  • Type: integer
  • Required: false
  • Description: An AvantLink assigned affiliate identifier.
• date_begin
  • Type: date
  • Required: false
  • Description: For custom date ranges, the start of the date range. Must be specified in "yyyy-mm-dd hh:ii:ss" format.
• date_end
  • Type: date
  • Required: false
  • Description: For custom date ranges, the end of the date range. Must be specified in "yyyy-mm-dd hh:ii:ss" format
• date_range
  • Type: string
  • Required: false
  • Description: A named date range. If specified, this takes precedence over a custom date range. Valid values are: Today, Yesterday, Prev7Days, ThisMonth, LastMonth, ThisYear.
• output
  • Type: string
  • Required: false
  • Description: The specific output format you wish to receive results in. Possible values include: csv (comma-separated text), html, js (javascript document.write statements), rss, tab (tab-delimited text), and xml (the default). Individual modules may not support all output methods.
• send_as_attachment
  • Type: boolean
  • Required: false
  • Description: A boolean value indicating whether the report should be sent as an attachment to an email (1 = yes, 0 = no).
• send_email
  • Type: boolean
  • Required: false
  • Description: A boolean value to indicate whether an email response should be generated by this API request (1 = yes, 0 = no).
• tool_type
  • Type: string
  • Required: false
  • Description: An abbreviation for a particular type of AvantLink tool.
• transaction_id
  • Type: string
  • Required: false
  • Description: A sales transaction id, a.k.a. order id.